Lucinda the Cactus Girl

Lizzie Morris presents her debut solo show
Lucinda the Cactus Girl
Direction by Freya Boyle

Lucinda needs all the cacti she can get!

Cacti aren’t all that different from humans. They’re mostly made up of water, they’re resilient, they have nipples and there are lots of different types. Lucinda has 273 Cacti. It’s sort of like she has 273 friends.
Lucinda the Cactus girl is a whimsical, character-driven devised piece that explores what it means to live with anxiety and the comical absurdity of the places our minds can take us.

Lizzie Morris is a graduate of the bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts majoring in Acting (2014). She has spent the last two years following graduation acting in co-created shows associated with The Basement (CAR) and Auckland Theatre Company (BED) along with Director, Freya Boyle. Freya assumed a co-director role on BED as a part of ATC’s Next Big Things project. Following this Freya assumed a co-director role for CAR, a show that played a two week season at The Basement, largely set in cars travelling around Auckland. Recently she has been lending a hand in assisting with direction in various devised shows at The Basement in the last 4 months.
They are both avid theatre-goers and enthusiastic practitioners with skills in clowning, mask, and making stuff. They bring a unique brand of absurd humour and their intellectual modesty to all of their work, specialising in bringing comedy to the darkest of themes.

In a merging of puppetry from plasticine, clowning and song; Lucinda, enjoys her own company to the point of isolation. Lucinda the Cactus Girl is an exploration of anxiety through the creation of her own world of stories. Fantasies are created and destroyed as Lucinda navigates this world to find a place to belong. As she searches for reassurance we begin to understand why cacti are such a big part of her life, I mean who doesn’t own a cactus?

Want to be a part of the collaboration and are also an avid cactus lover like Lucinda? You can donate either your own cactus for the season or donate to her boosted campaign (link below). When you attend the show you can see the cactus you donated (it’ll be named after you or named after whoever you choose!) strut its stuff on the stage!
http://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/lucinda-the-cactus-girl

Lucinda the Cactus Girl is the first work to be staged independently by actor Lizzie Morris and director Freya Boye.

Tue 18 – Sat 22 October 2016, Basement Theatre Studio, 6.30pm
Tickets: $15-$22 (Booking fees may apply)
Tickets from www.basementtheatre.co.nz

To find out more about Lucinda the Cactus Girl http://www.basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/lucinda-the-cactus-girl/

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